NCCT SURGICAL TECH EXAM FINAL PAPER
2026 TESTED QUESTIONS WITH FULL
SOLUTION GRADED A+
◉ Which of the following should be recorded on the patient's
operative record and verified with the surgeon for an implant
procedure? (Select the three (3) correct answers.)
A. size of implants
B. manufacturer's serial number
C. type of implants
D. manufacture date
E. name of the sales representative Answer: A. size of implants
B. manufacturer's serial number
C. type of implants
◉ Which of the following must the surgical technologist verify when
accepting a breast implant to the sterile field? (Select the three (3)
correct answers.)
A. sterility
B. manufacturer
C. size
D. date manufactured
,E. expiration Answer: A. sterility
C. size
E. expiration
◉ While dissecting a tumor the surgeon cuts through a vessel. The
surgical technologist should cauterize as directed when the surgeon
A. sutures the hole shut.
B. ligates the vessel.
C. grasps the vessel with a forceps.
D. clips the vessel. Answer: C. grasps the vessel with a forceps.
◉ The surgeon asks the scrub technician to buzz a blood vessel.
Which of the following settings should the technologist use on the
Bovie to cauterize the vessel?
A. cut
B. coag
C. spray Answer: A. cut
◉ The surgeon grasps a vessel with a hemostat and asks the surgical
technologist to buzz. Which of the following parts of the hemostat
should the technologist buzz in order to achieve hemostasis?
A. tip
B. rings
, C. shaft/shank
D. box lock Answer: C. shaft/shank
◉ The case is an appendectomy and the surgeon has made the
incision using the McBurney method. There is a significant amount
of bleeding at the site. Which of the following is the surgeon most
likely to ask for?
A. Bovie and sterile radiopaque towels
B. silk ties and sterile radiopaque towels
C. Bovie and lap sponges
D. lap sponges and silk ties Answer: C. Bovie and lap sponges
◉ Which of the following surgical stapling devices is used for an end
to end lower intestinal anastomosis?
A. GIA
B. TA
C. EEA
D. skin stapler Answer: C. EEA
◉ When gathering sutures for a surgical procedure, the surgical
technologist notices the surgeon has requested a 3-0 silk suture on
an SH needle. The "3-0" represents which of the following element of
the suture?
A. size of the needle
2026 TESTED QUESTIONS WITH FULL
SOLUTION GRADED A+
◉ Which of the following should be recorded on the patient's
operative record and verified with the surgeon for an implant
procedure? (Select the three (3) correct answers.)
A. size of implants
B. manufacturer's serial number
C. type of implants
D. manufacture date
E. name of the sales representative Answer: A. size of implants
B. manufacturer's serial number
C. type of implants
◉ Which of the following must the surgical technologist verify when
accepting a breast implant to the sterile field? (Select the three (3)
correct answers.)
A. sterility
B. manufacturer
C. size
D. date manufactured
,E. expiration Answer: A. sterility
C. size
E. expiration
◉ While dissecting a tumor the surgeon cuts through a vessel. The
surgical technologist should cauterize as directed when the surgeon
A. sutures the hole shut.
B. ligates the vessel.
C. grasps the vessel with a forceps.
D. clips the vessel. Answer: C. grasps the vessel with a forceps.
◉ The surgeon asks the scrub technician to buzz a blood vessel.
Which of the following settings should the technologist use on the
Bovie to cauterize the vessel?
A. cut
B. coag
C. spray Answer: A. cut
◉ The surgeon grasps a vessel with a hemostat and asks the surgical
technologist to buzz. Which of the following parts of the hemostat
should the technologist buzz in order to achieve hemostasis?
A. tip
B. rings
, C. shaft/shank
D. box lock Answer: C. shaft/shank
◉ The case is an appendectomy and the surgeon has made the
incision using the McBurney method. There is a significant amount
of bleeding at the site. Which of the following is the surgeon most
likely to ask for?
A. Bovie and sterile radiopaque towels
B. silk ties and sterile radiopaque towels
C. Bovie and lap sponges
D. lap sponges and silk ties Answer: C. Bovie and lap sponges
◉ Which of the following surgical stapling devices is used for an end
to end lower intestinal anastomosis?
A. GIA
B. TA
C. EEA
D. skin stapler Answer: C. EEA
◉ When gathering sutures for a surgical procedure, the surgical
technologist notices the surgeon has requested a 3-0 silk suture on
an SH needle. The "3-0" represents which of the following element of
the suture?
A. size of the needle
